The Luverne boys’ wrestling team had a successful week on the mat going 2-1-1 at the Baltic quadrangular and placing five wrestlers in the top five of their weight class in the Springfield Invitational Saturday, Feb. 7.

The H-BC boys’ basketball team went 1-1 this past week.

The Patriots beat Adrian/Ellsworth 85-52 Thursday, Feb. 5, on the road and lost 88-77 to Jackson County Central Monday, Feb. 9, at home.

H-BC is now 18-2 for the season.

After her brother died in 2013, Jennifer Radtke started journaling to get through the grief.

The tearful lines on those pages turned into thoughtful paragraphs and organized chapters that eventually became an impactful book released late last year.

More improvements are coming to the Rock County Fairgrounds after Rock County Commissioners approved no-interest loan to the Rock County Ag Society on Jan. 20.

Rock County Librarian Calla Jarvie will sign her books, “No Coast: Midwest Photography,” from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Take 16 Event Center in Luverne.

Demolition began last week on the final remodeling phase at the Rock County Courthouse.

The $87,251 bid from Empire Building Construction of Sioux Falls was the lowest of two bids commissioners approved Jan. 20.